3. The scholarship applicant must provide the names and addresses of two references below. This application must be accompanied by a letter from each of these references. One reference must be a mentor/expert in your field of intended study. The other reference must be someone (other than a family member) who can identify your involvement in community service.

4. The scholarship application must be accompanied by a resume, scholastic transcript, and an original essay on the topic Serving The Child With Disabilities. Essay requirements are as follows:

A. The essay should be approximately 500 words.

B. The essay must be typed or computer printed, double spaced.

C. The essay must be on the topic Serving The Child With Disabilities, and explain how you have touched children’s lives with service in your local, state, or world community.

D. Essays written by scholarship recipients may be published in a public forum.

5. A completed application consists of a fully filled out application form, a resume, a transcript, an essay, and two reference letters. INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. The completed application must be received NO LATER THAN October 15, 2016 by the Scholarship Committee at the following address: Steelman Family Foundation, Attention 2017 Scholarships, 15640 NE Fourth Plain Blvd., Suite 120-A, Vancouver, WA 98682.

Applications received after the deadline may not be considered. You will not receive a receipt of your application.

6. All materials submitted with the application become property of the Steelman Family Foundation and they WILL NOT BE RETURNED to the applicant.

7. The Steelman Family Foundation may award up to three scholarships of $1,500 each, in its sole discretion.

8. Scholarship winners will be notified of their award on or before May 15, 2017.

9. The scholarship award will be paid by the Steelman Family Foundation directly to the registrar of the college or vocational program in which the applicant is enrolled.

10. Winning applicants and their parents will be invited to attend the annual October Fund Raising event to participate in an award presentation during October, 2017.

11. By agreeing to accept a scholarship, the applicant irrevocably consents to the Steelman Family Foundation’s use of applicant’s image in any and all of its publications, including social media and websites.

12. Funds for the scholarships are raised during the year through private and community donations through out the year. The

Steelman Family Foundation anticipates that scholarship funds will be disbursed to the scholarship winners’ schools by the end of August, 2017.

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All contributions to The Steelman Family Foundation are TAX DEDUCTIBLE under section 170 of the IRS Code.
We are also qualified to receive tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers or gifts under section 2055, 2106 or 2522 of the Code. Our tax ID is EIN 81-0865387 and our IRS tax exemption ID (DLN) is 17053211326006.
All donors will receive a Donation Receipt for tax purposes upon request. Thank you for your support.

The Steelman Family Foundation’s mission is to assist a family when trying to purchase a wheelchair accessible vehicle. Owning and maintaining a reliable vehicle that accommodates any family is a personal choice and varies depending on individual circumstances. Our purpose is to serve families who are unable to purchase a car due to more involved special needs. The following policies guide the grant process for Steelman Family Foundation:

A family’s eligibility to receive a grant is based on the honor system. We do not ask families for verification of medical status or availability of discretionary income. We do not grant funds based on income. However, the goal is to help families help themselves. The severity of each applicant’s needs, ability to maintain the vehicle, and willingness to promote our foundation and pay it forward are all taken into consideration. Each family must contribute a percentage of the cost of the vehicle individually. Each application is reviewed and considered by our committee. Financial status is taken into consideration for this purpose.

Due to limited funds and high demand, SFF is not able to serve everyone who applies. Our priority is to help families who are in the greatest need. To achieve our goal, the following priorities will apply:

1. Families with children ages 3-18. Children who have outgrown standard car seat requirements will take priority.

Though the vehicle is serving the wheelchair user, we do understand that the entire family benefits. We do require that the child be completely non-ambulatory and not able to transfer into the car seating. We require that the child has to be transported in a wheelchair thus the need for an accessible vehicle.

A portion of active Military families who apply and qualify will take precedence. The priority of acceptance, in general, will be based on the application date (i.e., a family not accepted two years in a row takes priority over a family who has just recently applied).

2. We do not often help finance new vehicles. We do not offer grants to families who have the funds themselves or with the help of friends and family can purchase a car on their own. We do not “top off” a fundraising effort to purchase vehicles costing $65,000 or more.

3. The application window will open and close on specific dates each year. Late applications will be reviewed for the following year. The process of granting and assigning families to vehicles

( based on priorities defined above) will not begin until after the application window has closed.

4. Applications must be submitted online, and you must include pictures. You must agree to the use of your photos and your names to help raise awareness of the campaign and to promote the foundation.

GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR 2018 ARE CLOSED. WE ARE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR 2019 BEGINNING NOVEMBER 1, 2019